Woman’s Body Discovered Inside Ilorin Mosque’s Well

Body of a 65-year-old woman, popularly called Iya Majeobaje, in charge of cleaning AnsarulDeen Mosque in Ilorin, Kwara State, has been found inside a well on the premises of the mosque.

The incident came a few weeks after a middle-aged woman died after she jumped into a well at Oloje compound also in Ilorin, the state capital. Iya Majeobaje reportedly fell into the well last Friday about 5p.m. while fetching water to clean the mosque but her body was brought on Saturday afternoon.
AnsarulDeen Mosque is located at Osere, Sawmill area in Ilorin West Local Government Area. Residents of the area claimed that there was nobody within the vicinity of the mosque to rescue the victim when she fell inside the well.

It was when the residents discovered the woman’s body inside the well that they alerted the state fire service in Ilorin. The Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Mr. Tiamiyu Raji, who confirmed the incident, said personnel from his office later removed the body from the well on Saturday afternoon after which it was taken to the ‘B’ Division of Police State command, Surulere in the Ilorin metropolis. However, the police were yet to confirm the incident at press time.